Background In Iceland, a small number of kidney transplants from living donors (LDs) are
performed at Landspitali University Hospital (LUH) in Reykjavik, while deceased donor …

Health care providers and policymakers have long been concerned with increasing access
to high‐quality health care for all patients. Strategies are needed that disseminate best …

Background Better outcomes at high-volume surgical centers have driven regionalization of
complex surgical care. In turn, access to high-volume centers often requires travel over …

Background Transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernias are extremely rare. Their
physiopathology is different from traumatic diaphragmatic ruptures, and their clinical …

Background Many families wish to have radiologic tests performed locally, especially when
obtaining these tests in specialized pediatric centers would require long-distance travel with …

Background Readmission after abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair to a different
(nonindex) hospital has been shown to be associated with high mortality rates. Factors …

Nephrologists are frequently tasked with the difficult decision of which transplantation center
(s) are most appropriate for their patients considering kidney transplantation. Patient-(eg …

Abstract Objective The influence of Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) center
of excellence (CoE) recognition on failure to rescue after cardiac surgery is unknown. We …

Centralization has been defined as the concentration of healthcare resources, including
infrastructure, staff, materials, knowledge and research which leads to improved quality of …

Background A minimum-volume policy restricting hospitals not meeting the threshold from
performing complex surgery may increase travel burden and decrease spatial access to …